Cólera. Correlación del diagnóstico clínico con el diagnóstico bacteriológico

Abstract

During the actual outbreak of cholera in Colombia and after being established the bacteriologic confirmation of Vibrio cholera 01 in the areas of Tumaco and Salahonda (Nariño). we tried to determine the correlation between the case definition of cholera and bactenological diangosis. We studied 185 patients: clinical diagnosis was established in 153 and V. cholerae 01 was recovered in 125. The sensibility for clinical diagnosis was 91.2% the specifity 36.7%and the positive and negative predictive values were 75 and 67% respectively. Our data allowed us to confirm the utility of the case definition in the area under study.